Police said a woman was shot at by the clerk, who is also the station owner, Dayan Alharbi, 34, after he told her that her credit card was declined.

The woman, who police said had a 1-year-old boy and a 9-month-old girl in her car, told police she was going to get money from a sister who lived nearby and Alharbi followed her in his car, and shot at her car four times.

Police said the clerk pulled the woman from her car after he fired at her and took her iPad.

Aharbi's coworker, AJ Dhalai, who didn't witness the incident, said he heard a different story from customers. They told him the woman's card was declined and she ran.

Police said the victim's sister went to get help. Shortly after, police arrested Alharbi.

Alharbi is charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle and armed robbery, police said.